Precision farming is a boon 9th February, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu)
Sugarcane farmers have recorded an excellent yield in Tiunelveli district. >>Read More

Growers to encouraged to adopt SSI 4th February, 2011, The Hindu (Karnataka)
25 farmers in Belgaum have been introduced to Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative. As of now, 25 farmers have taken up the Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative with financial assistance from NABARD in the district. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative is aimed at providing solutions to the problems that sugarcane growers are facing in the State. This concept, conceived and being implemented by Hyderabad-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in some select plots in Belgaum district will be reviewed during the workshop. >>Read More

Sustainable sugarcane initiative (SSI) launched 19th January , 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu)
Following the widespread acceptance of the System of Rice Intensification that revolutionised paddy cultivation, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Karur, has launched a programme to popularise Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) in the district to assist cane growers in enhancing productivity at low water consumption levels. >>Read More

Funds earmarked for drip irrigation 6th August, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu)
Cane farmers can receive subsidy-linked loan. Also addressing a seminar on sustainable sugarcane initiative (SSI) here on Thursday, Mr. Kamaraj said that all farmers who were willing to go for drip irrigation system would get the loan. Nationalised banks and cooperative banks would equally share the earmarked Rs. 6-crore loan amount. >>Read More

Precision farming benefits sugarcane growers
29th July 2010, Express Buzz (Kerala)
Precision farming has worked wonders in sugarcane fields in and around irrigated belts of Aranthangi in Pudukottai district. Sugarcane growers who reaped harvest of sugarcane at the demonstration plots in Erukkalakottai village on the occasion of the 'Field Day' on Thursday realised the benefits of this subsidy-based scheme in terms of higher yield, better quality in produce and less cultivation cost besides profitability through more attractive returns. >>Read More

Sugarcane seed farm scripting success in Pandala
29th July 2010, Express Buzz (Kerala)
The Sugarcane Seed Farm in Pandalam, one of the 11 specialised farms under the Agriculture Department in the state, has become a model for excellent functioning and for its diversified seedlings needs for the farmers. >>Read More

Degrees of Sweetness Down to Earth, July 2010 (India)
A bumper sugar year; the decontrol issue is revived. In a bittersweet irony, at a time when vegetable prices are soaring high, sugar is the only major food item that has seen a downward trend. Prices have slipped from over Rs 40/kg in January to below Rs 35/kg in most cities. The trigger has been the sweet tidings that production in the 2010-11 ‘sugar year’ (October-September) may well be a bumper 25 million tonnes, a sharp jump from the estimated 18 million tonnes produced last year.. >>Read More

Quota System harming the cane industry 27th July 2010 Business Standard
It will never be easy to solve the riddle as to why the Indian sugar mill industry has remained beyond the pale of reforms. Since 1991, there have been bursts of dismantling of controls benefiting almost every sector of the economy, sans of course sugar.. >>Read More

Not a sweet deal. Down to Earth, 21st July 2010 (India)
RAVLEEN KAUR (Down to Earth, Reporter) attends a meeting where farmers rail at government’s sugar pricing policy. Fair and remunerative price for sugarcane: that was the agenda of discussion. The meeting was convened by the chairman of the Commission of Agricultural Costs and Prices that advises the government on price policy for major agricultural commodities. >>Read More

Sugarcane cultivation likely to get a boost in Orissa Press Trust of India, 20th July 2010 (Orissa)
Sugarcane cultivation in Ganjam district is likely to get a boost with flow of incentives to the farmers for early plantation and seed replacement.. >>Read More

‘We need new cane varieties to withstand global warming' The Hindu Business Line - 18th, June 2010
.Efforts are being made to increase yield. The idea is to increase average cane yield from 65 tonnes to 100 tonnes a hectare. – Mr. Prakash Naiknavare, Managing Director, MSCSFF's interview with Business Line shared his views on the problems of the industry and possible solutions>>Read More

SSI to increase sugarcane productivity in TN Food Processing360.com - 10th, June 2010
.The Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative will help to improve sugarcane production in Tamil Nadu with limited usage of water. In a bid to further improve sugarcane production in Tamil Nadu, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University(TNAU) along with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) will be launching the Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI). With the adoption of the new technology, productivity as well as quality of the commodity would improve. >> Read More

Cane farmers go bullish on India MonsoonCommodityOnline.com - 8th, June 2010 With monsoon setting firm in the Indian subcontinent, the further advancement towards the State of Maharashtra is believed to bring-in fresh hopes for improved crop situation for sugar for the next season. . >> Read More

TNAU to launch 'Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative' soon The Hindu - June 7th, 2010
It will be introduced in cooperative and private sugar mills. Productivity of sugarcane in Tamil Nadu can be increased to minimum of 250 tonnes per hectare. It is launched in close collaboration with Hyderabad-based ICRISAT. >> Read More

Strange growth weeds out prospects of cane cultivation The Hindu - May 29th , 2010
Farmers complain that no official from agriculture department visited village. Farmers had already knocked the doors of Sugarcane Research Institutes and Horticulture College and Research Institute, Periakulam for help and brought experienced cane growers from Dharmapuri and Erode districts. Nothing had changed the situation. Even organic farming experts' visit too was not helpful, said R. Palanisamy, another cane grower in Kariya Gounenpudhur. Cane growers in Dharmapuri and Erode districts, too had similar problems. >> Read More

New generation tech for bumper cane production Express Buzz - April 14th, 2010 (Bhubaneswar, Orissa)
After system of rice intensification (SRI) paddy, it is sustainable sugarcane initiative (SSI) which would be the next generation sugarcane production technique with the rising labour cost and water crisis in the state. The SSI method would not only be requiring less labour and water, but it would also be requiring less seeds and chemical fertiliser as there are organic alternatives to the latter inputs. >> Read More

New generation tech for bumper cane production Express Buzz - April 14th, 2010 (Bhubaneswar, Orissa)
After system of rice intensification (SRI) paddy, it is sustainable sugarcane initiative (SSI) which would be the next generation sugarcane production technique with the rising labour cost and water crisis in the state. The SSI method would not only be requiring less labour and water, but it would also be requiring less seeds and chemical fertiliser as there are organic alternatives to the latter inputs. >> Read More

State to adopt innovative Sugarcane cultivation The Hindu - April 14th, 2010 (Bhubaneswar, Orissa)
The State government has decided to take up Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI), a method of sugarcane production involving use of less seed, less water and optimum use of fertilizer for more yield, on experimental basis across the State. “SSI involves similar techniques being used in SRI (System of Rice Intensification) which is getting encouraging response in the State. >> Read More

Orissa State to adopt Innovative SSI method of Sugarcane Cultivation Business Wire India - April 14th, 2010 (Bhubaneswar, Orissa)
The State government of Orissa has decided to take up Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI), a method of sugarcane production involving use of less seed, less water and optimum use of fertilizer for more yields, on experimental basis across the State. “SSI involves similar techniques being used in SRI which is getting encouraging response in the State,” said State Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout while formally releasing the SSI manual occasion of “More with Less - Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) in Odisa, Launch of SSI Manual in Odia”, held at Red Cross Bhawan, Bhubaneshwar on 13th April 2010.
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State to adopt innovative Sugarcane cultivation The Hindu - April 14th, 2010 (Bhubaneswar, Orissa)
The State government has decided to take up Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI), a method of sugarcane production involving use of less seed, less water and optimum use of fertilizer for more yield, on experimental basis across the State. “SSI involves similar techniques being used in SRI (System of Rice Intensification) which is getting encouraging response in the State. >> Read More

Orissa NGO NIRMAN releases training Manual on Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) Orissa Diary - April 13th, 2010 (Bhubaneswar, Orissa)
Ms. Arundhati Jena, Secretary, NIRMAN, an NGO based at Nayagarh district of the state, who was the anchor of the programme said that, “SSI is a method of Sugarcane Cultivation, which is of great benefit to the small and marginal sugarcane farmers of Odisha as with less input they are getting more yields.>> Read More

Orissa-based NGO Nirman to release book on sugarcane on April 13th (before release)Orissa Diary - April 13th, 2010 (Bhubaneswar, Orissa)
Nirman, an environmental action group will launch a book Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI): Improving Sugarcane Cultivation in India in Odia language on April 13. >> Read More

Orissa to build three more terminal market yards for farmers The Economic Times - April 13th, 2010 (Bhubaneswar, Orissa)
"We have been asking the farmers to use technology and modern method of farming to save costs. It will take some time for the farmers to adopt the new methods like drip irrigation and use scientifically developed agriculture tools and equipment,” Dr Rout observed . >> Read More